. . "Musician, journalist, broadcaster"@en . . . . . . . . "Billy Block"@en . . "1955-08-10"^^ . . . . . . "63444759"^^ . . . "2015-03-11"^^ . . . . . "2015-03-11"^^ . . . . . . . "1972"^^ . . . "2015"^^ . "Mr. Nashville"@en . . . . "Billy Block"@en . . . . . "1972"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mr. Nashville"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1078830727"^^ . . "At age 15, Block worked around his school schedule in a music store and playing clubs in the Houston, Texas area with artists: Shake Russell, B.W. Stevenson, Roger Tause and Billy Joe Shaver. Huey Mo hired Block at Sugar Hill Studios where he played drums on two Freddy Fender albums. Block was also the Houston editor of Buddy Magazine. In 1985, Block moved to Venice, California, he landed a job as the house drummer for the Palomino Club for the Ronnie Mack Barn Dance show in 1987, he held the job until his departure to Nashville in 1995. Block also worked as a bandleader, actor, dancer and singer at The Walt Disney Company. A national commercial for Disney led to additional commercials for Carrows Restaurants, Miller beer and Kentucky Fried Chicken. In 1991, Block met and married his wife Jill Rochlitz, and Western Beat was created at the Highland Grounds coffee house in Hollywood in the same year. The first Western Beat show included: Wendy Waldman, Rick Vincent, Jim Lauderdale, slide guitarist Jimmy Sloan, Mandy Mercier and Annie Harvey among others."@en . . . . . . . "William Donald Block"@en . . . . . . . "17429"^^ . . . . "drums, bass"@en . . . . . . "Billy Block"@en . "1955-08-10"^^ . . "William Donald Block"@en . "At age 15, Block worked around his school schedule in a music store and playing clubs in the Houston, Texas area with artists: Shake Russell, B.W. Stevenson, Roger Tause and Billy Joe Shaver. Huey Mo hired Block at Sugar Hill Studios where he played drums on two Freddy Fender albums. Block was also the Houston editor of Buddy Magazine."@en . . . . .